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by the clerk of the said Circuit Court in his office, and pre-
served as other records and papers are now preserved in said
office.

27. The clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
shall cause all the papers ordered tor be recorded or filed, or
records to be recorded anew, to be so recorded, indexed and
filed; and shall cause to be made such indexes as may be
ordered, and shall supply for that object the necessary books,
material and labor, and for the expense of such labor, the said
clerk shall receive seven cents for each hundred words or
figures recorded, and pro rata, and for indexing, the same com-
pensation which is now allowed by law for similar service, and
for re-filing anew causes of action, trial and other papers, or re-
copying dockets' or docket entries, such sum, as the commis-
sioner appointed by this act, shall deem right and proper, and
such payments shall be made to said clerk, by the County
Commissioners of Baltimore county, monthly, upon the certifi-
cate of the commissioner appointed by this act, setting forth
that he has examined the recording and other work ordered by
him, and that the same has been properly done, and that the
amount charged is in conformity to the allowance prescribed by
the provisions of this act, and for the outlay for books, station-
ery, and for binding books, the said clerk shall present his
account accompanied with vouchers and verified by his affidavit
to the said County Commissioners, and upon such presentation,
they shall pay him such amount as he has actually expended.

28. If any excess of fees should accrue in the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county during the time
of carrying into effect and executing the provisions of this act,
the said clerk is hereby authorized and directed to credit the
work required to be done by the preceding section with such,
excess of fees; and such excess of fees, if any should accrue, are
hereby appropriated to that object, and the Comptroller of the
State is hereby directed to settle the amounts and credits of the
said clerk accordingly; and provided, if any excess of fees
should accrue, the said clerk shall receive six cents, instead of
seven cents, for each hundred words or figures recorded, and